Cannon Fodder Collection [Comprehensive]

The businessman and his party were still in shock, but now they saw Lin Ning looking over, his eyes were extremely clear, and added a bit of sharpness, and the four servants who looked at them all shivered.

The merchant's surname is Wei, so let's call him Wei merchant.

Merchant Wei: "Master?"

Lin Ning turned to look at him: "Which servant of yours was responsible for throwing the dead rats yesterday?"

Wei Keshang was surprised and puzzled, so he looked at one of the servants.

The servant was puzzled.

Lin Ning asked, "Did you throw the dead mouse here?"

The servant was stunned before saying: "Yes, yes."

Merchant Wei hurriedly asked, "Master Daoist, what is going on?"

Lin Ning asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "Do you know where the store's family of four originally came from?"

Merchant Wei: "??"

Wei Keshang immediately reacted: "It is said that they are from Chenghai, why is the Taoist asking such a question? Could it be that the enemy from their hometown has found them? But right now we haven't seen anyone else at all." Wei Keshang also said this Looking back, "Could it be that we have been blamed? What can we do!" Look, only he, four servants, and the little Taoist Lin Ning stayed in the entire inn yesterday, but the innkeeper woke up early in the morning A family of four was murdered, but they didn't even see the murderer. No matter how you look at it, it looks like they killed a family of four in the store.

Lin Ning's expression turned subtle.

What to say?

The deaths of the store's family of four are inseparable from the merchants, but they have nothing to do with the merchants.

Huh?

Before Lin Ning and the merchants could explain the situation, the government servants who heard the news surrounded the inn.It turned out that after Cao Lianniang's confidant Cao Da told Lin Ning to live in this inn yesterday, although Cao Lianniang regretted that he could not make the trip that night, he still told Cao Da to keep an eye on this inn. Know immediately.Never thought that Cao Da didn't notice that Lin Ning was going out at night, but heard the exclamation of the servants seeing the dead body at the first time, so he went back to the county government office in no time, and told Cao Lianniang about the matter.When Cao Lianniang saw that there were merchants with a lot of valuable fragrant rice and Lin Ning, a handsome little Taoist priest, she thought about it in a blink of an eye, and after talking to the magistrate Cao, she immediately sent yamen servants to collect the money. Surrounded by inns.

Not only that, the government servants locked up the merchants, together with Lin Ning, and were about to take them to the county government office without saying a word. In addition, the corpses of the store's family of four were transported back to Yizhuang, and the entire inn was directly sealed off. .

A group of merchants: "!!"

Lin Ning raised his eyebrows slightly, but without struggling, he quietly followed the yamen servants back to the county yamen.It wasn't long before the day was bright at this time, and the whole Xuancheng was still in silence. Usually, it was not the time for the county government to open at this time, but when they arrived at the county government, not only the county government gate was wide open, but even the county magistrate Cao Dressed in official uniforms, he and his teacher sat under the plaque of uprightness and light, and another yamen servant was standing beside him with a water and fire stick about as long as his eyebrows. It could be seen that they couldn't wait to interrogate this case.

The merchants and their party had heard about the "reputation" of the county magistrate of Xuancheng earlier, and their faces were ugly. Wei merchants were already thinking about the amount of money he was carrying, and he was thinking of bribing the county magistrate Cao. County magistrate Cao wanted to let them go as soon as possible, but he never thought that magistrate Cao would slap the gavel: "Bold and unreasonable, you and others have partnered up to kill the store's family of four. It is really unconscionable, and the crime is damnable!"

Merchant Wei: "!!"

The servants were also dumbfounded.

Lin Ning kept his eyebrows fixed and said: "Dare to ask the county magistrate, how did we team up and kill the store's family of four?"

County magistrate Cao was stared at by her bright and sharp eyes, and his heart was pounding. He just felt that this Taoist priest knew everything, and this unhurried attitude made Cao County magistrate Wuming furious. He immediately sneered and said: : "Last night, there were only a few of you staying in the inn, but this morning the family of four died. If the murderer wasn't you, who else would it be?"

The master also followed in a stern voice: "How dare you call your lord's official position directly, you are violating your dignity with inferiority, according to the law, you should be punished twenty times!"

Cao Lianniang, who was hiding behind the screen, secretly resented her master for talking too much, but in a blink of an eye, she thought that this little Taoist priest still had a bit of character. I'm afraid it would be difficult to surrender in the future, so it's better to dampen his prestige now.But he was afraid that the staff would beat him to pieces, so he coughed and reminded County Magistrate Cao.

County magistrate Cao heard it. Seeing that he was about to get a sum of money, he was willing to be a loving father and satisfy Cao Lianniang's selfish desires, so he winked with the master.The yamen servants below also saw it, so they knew that they would have to take the stick lightly later, they looked at each other, and then at the handsome Lin Ning, there was nothing they didn't understand.

The merchants and their party were so startled that their livers trembled and they knelt down on the ground.

Lin Ning was not afraid, she just stood there and watched the two yamen servants approaching with water and fire sticks, but when the two yamen servants were a few steps away from her, they felt an invisible barrier blocking them. The two yamen servants didn't believe in evil, so they swung the water and fire sticks and threw them at Lin Ning, but the water and fire sticks also hit something, and the force rebounded, and the two of them flew out with the sticks, and both of them fell to the ground, suddenly hurting Yo oops get up.

other people:"!!"

Lin Ning looked at Magistrate Cao again, and said calmly, "Since they can't beat the poor, it means that the poor are innocent."

County Magistrate Cao sternly said: "It's nonsense! You must have used some kind of demon method. You are defying the court openly. This shows that you have ghosts in your heart! I advise you, you should confess honestly. .”

Lin Ning stood with his hands behind his back: "Otherwise?" Originally, Lin Ning planned to clarify the whole story of the case with the County Magistrate Cao, but he didn't expect that the dog official's eating appearance was so ugly. His actions clearly wanted to be greedy for the merchants. Mi, maybe even the inn wants to be taken over by him.Thinking about all the evidence she had collected earlier, Lin Ning felt that it would be a waste of time to argue with the county magistrate.That being the case, it's better to come hard.

Magistrate Cao choked up: "You!"

County magistrate Cao witnessed the miserable situation of the two yamen servants just now, and he was worried, for fear that Lin Ning would use the demonic method on him, and the other yamen servants would also show timidity, that is to say, their various tortures in the past became tricks. The means, I am afraid that they will not be able to use them now.County Magistrate Cao hesitated for a moment, but luckily there was Cao Lianniang, a dog-headed military adviser, she coughed a few more times in the back hall, called County Magistrate Cao over, and bit his ear with him.

Magistrate Cao said reluctantly: "Must it be like this?" He mainly felt that his face was damaged and he couldn't find the steps to go down.

Cao Lianniang coaxed: "Lianniang sees that since the merchant surnamed Wei can sell tribute rice, it means that he has a lot of money. We may get more benefits by keeping him. Besides, Dad has also seen it. The law is tough, now we have to take a step back, and when Lianniang subdue the Taoist priest in the future, he will not be able to make him useful to us."

County Magistrate Cao suddenly realized that it made sense, so he adjusted his clothes and went back to the hall. He changed his face very brazenly: "I just wanted to defraud you before, but now that you look calm, I'm afraid it's not like that. That treacherous murderer, but your suspicions are still there, and I can only take you into custody before I find out the real murderer. What do you think?"

The merchants and his party immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this is a suspended sentence, and there is still room for maneuvering, so they immediately expressed no opinion.

Lin Ning did not sing the opposite tune again this time, at least he asked the magistrate Cao to save face, and thought that Lin Ning's move to shock the yamen servants just now was probably her way of suppressing the bottom of the box, otherwise why didn't she use it now?After thinking about it this way, the fear value in Magistrate Cao's heart dropped a lot.

In this way, Lin Ning was put in prison.

The five masters and servants of Wei Keshang were imprisoned at the other end. After they were imprisoned, they sighed. Wei Keshang smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid we will lose everything this time." After entering an inn, the innkeeper's family of four were murdered, and they were unlucky enough to be framed by the murderer!

The servants also frown.

But I don't know that they are not only losing their money this time, but the magistrate Cao is planning to squeeze them for a long time. Fortunately, this is the plan of the magistrate Cao and his daughter Cao Lianniang. Whether it can be implemented is another matter.When Lin Ning was in the courtroom, she had already heard the conversation between Magistrate Cao and Lianiang Cao clearly. Apart from releasing a yellow crane the size of a palm and telling it to fly out from the gap between the bars, she was still thinking about it. So how would Cao Lianniang 'subdue' her?

Soon Cao Lianniang came.

After the yamen servants brought her over, they withdrew tactfully.

Cao Lianniang was only in her early twenties, and before she came to the prison, she deliberately dressed up, but she was wearing a long-length gown decorated with lychee red grapes, and pomegranate red velvet flowers on her temples, which made her figure even more coquettish and gorgeous. The light was shining everywhere, and there were countless obsessions in Lin Ning's eyes.

Lin Ning: "..." It turned out to be such a surrender.

Cao Lianniang, who didn't know that she had been seen through, walked into the prison in lotus steps, waving the hibiscus flower fan in her hand. Following her movements, the wide sleeves naturally slid down, revealing a smooth wrist. People can't help but look inside.

Lin Ning didn't squint.

Cao Lianniang: "..."

"Daoist——oops!"

The "Ouch" really wasn't that Cao Lianniang chose the low-level seduction method of throwing on the ground, which she thought was a low-level seduction method, but that she didn't have time to say anything, she just leaned towards Lin Ning a little, and was followed by her at some point. The county magistrate Cao grabbed her wrist and dragged her a step away. Cao Lianniang groaned in pain because her wrist hurt from being pulled, and when she saw who it was, she was even more astonished: "Father!" .”

County magistrate Cao first glanced at Lin Ning, then turned around and gave Cao Lianniang a fierce look: "Don't call me daddy, I don't have a daughter who is as flirtatious as you!"

Cao Lianniang: "Father!"

Cao Lianniang was surprised and annoyed: "Father, what's wrong with you?"

County magistrate Cao pointed at her nose and cursed: "Poison woman! How dare you ask me what's wrong? Who gave you the courage to treat Daojun like this!"

Cao Lianniang subconsciously retorted: "Didn't we agree?"

"Slap!" Magistrate Cao slapped Cao Lianniang unceremoniously, "Who made an agreement with you! I didn't agree with you!" This slap made Cao Lianniang even more confused and made her want to What didn't make sense was that after the county magistrate Cao had beaten her, he put on a respectful expression and went to help Lin Ning. He said flatteringly, "Mr. Dao, I'll let you out now."

Cao Lianniang: "!!" Is her father suffering from hysteria?

Covering her face, Cao Lianniang glanced at the calm Lin Ning, and suddenly felt that she understood something, and asked sharply, "Did you cast a spell on my father?" Otherwise, her father's attitude would have changed drastically.

Lin Ning said with a strange expression, "Guess."

Cao Lianniang: "..."

At this time, the master hurried in from the outside and shouted: "Grandma, hurry to the front hall. My lord just got the news that the magistrate has entered the post and is patrolling under his command. Now he has arrived outside our city of Xuan - lord! Are you planning to Are you going to see the magistrate? Why are you here? Could it be that you came to discuss with the lady? No! You came here all the way, why are you faster than the humble?"

Cao Lianniang: "!!"

Cao Lianniang seemed to be enlightened, and said in a sharp voice: "You are not my father! Who are you?"

'Magistrate Cao' is now learning and selling: "Guess."

Cao Lianniang: "..."

Master: "...!!"

The yamen servants waiting outside heard the commotion inside, looked at each other and followed in. At this time, the master remembered Lin Ning's demon technique in the court, and now seeing another county magistrate Cao, he was even more shocked, and suddenly His feet turned faster than his head, and he ran towards the door like the wind, and then hid behind the yamen servants, pointing at the 'Magistrate Cao' and Lin Ning tremblingly: "Take them down!"

The yamen servants didn't know the truth, and when they looked at the master, their eyes suddenly became strange, "Master, are you okay?" They almost said directly, 'Your head was kicked by a donkey, right?'.

Master: "...that's not an adult, it's the demon way that made the demon law!"

The servants were astonished.

'County Cao' heard the words, but jumped up and cursed: "You despicable villain, who are you calling a demon, Taoist Lord is a unparalleled good Taoist Lord, you really can't spit ivory out of your mouth, Bah!" Turning around, he supported Lin Ning and said flatteringly, "Taoist, please calm down, or you will tear that person's stinky mouth open."

Lin Ning: "...speak well."

'County Cao' pretended to be wronged and said: "The little one is really sincere to the Taoist Lord, and he is willing to be driven by the Taoist Lord."

Lin Ning was unmoved: "Then why don't you tell me how you came to Xuancheng?"

'Magistrate Cao' choked up: "Uh, that's a long story."

Cao Lianniang, who was ignored, was really a bit shrewd. She even tidied up her chaotic thoughts at this moment, and thought that when Lin Ning was not paying attention, she would also walk out with the wind on her feet, passing by the dumbfounded masters and yamen servants. It didn't stop either.The master is also very good at changing the direction of the wind, and hastily followed: "Grandma!"

Cao Lianniang pinched her palms: "Who is the new magistrate?" The only way out for now is to rely on the magistrate. Since the other party can fill the vacancy left by the previous Qin prefect so quickly, he must have a lot of energy. He will definitely be able to recruit capable people and strangers to deal with this handsome monster!

cough.

The master replied with a name, and Cao Lianniang actually knew this person: "Did he work as a county magistrate in Zhuo County before? It is said that he has a close relationship with Taoist Master Shiguang who razed Black Mountain."

Master nodded his head like garlic: "It's him."

Cao Lianniang suddenly had a plan in mind, she helped the pomegranate red velvet flowers on her temples, "Tell the servants to stop for a while, and tell my father and I to have a good time to pay a visit to Mr. Han." As for who to block?Isn't this obvious?Of course it's Yao Daoning!

(Lin Ning: "...")

The master complied bitterly.

The yamen servants are also like being choked with a lot of Coptis chinensis, which is really hard to tell, but now they are dawdling under the magistrate Cao, what else can they do besides accepting orders?However, to their surprise, Lin Ning did not embarrass them, but just glanced at them lightly, and the yamen servants were not stupid, they immediately regarded them as blocking Lin Ning, and met Lin Ning from a long distance away. I was speechless with the 'Magistrate Cao'.

At the same time, outside the city, the guard of honor of the new prefect soon arrived, and it could be seen that they came here in haste.Magistrate Cao was both unwilling and terrified to wait for the new magistrate, that is, the former magistrate Han of Zhuo County, and now the prefect of Han.He was very popular with the local people in Zhuo County, and after Heishan was razed, Zhuo County and Jinhua gradually became more prosperous. The prefect here.

Did Lin Ning know about this, or Lu Juan mentioned it euphemistically, that's why Lin Ning chose to collect the criminal evidence of County Magistrate Cao, waited for him to take office, and then sent Huang He out of the prison, It was also to "summon" him, and the current prefect Han respects Lin Ning very much. In addition, when the lawsuit involving human life is involved, the prefect Han did not go to the prefect's yamen, but came to Xuancheng immediately.

Cao Lianniang and County Magistrate Cao came to welcome them together, but before they could say anything, the prefect Han asked, "You tried a murder case today? The dead are a family of four from an inn."

County Magistrate Cao and Cao Lianniang were both taken aback. They didn't expect the prefect Han to know, and they were worried for a while. After all, they wanted to deal with Lin Ning who had been offended by them. But their purpose in this case was not pure, but after thinking about it , They did not extract a confession by words and deeds as usual this time, so County Magistrate Cao gained confidence, stepped forward and complained: "Your Excellency does not know that the suspect in this case is a Taoist priest who knows magic tricks. He not only disturbed the court with tricks, He even transformed into a man who looks exactly like the lower official, trying to escape from prison, but I was at a loss for him, but fortunately, my lord came here."

Prefect Han: "..."

Cao Lianniang also pretended to be weak, "That monster, relying on his own magic, actually harvested four innocent lives, and tried to use that kind of monster to replace his concubine's father as the county magistrate of Xuancheng. Isn't that a mess? Gangchang? Just imagine if the demon has other evil intentions, I am afraid that it will cause even greater chaos. It is not trivial to say that innocent people are killed. If it is more serious, I am afraid that it will cause people to live. My lord must do it for the people of Xuancheng. Slay demons for the sake of the people of the world."

Prefect Han: "...lead the way."

Cao county magistrate and Cao Lianniang did not doubt that he was there, so they led the magistrate Han to the county prison, and then they watched the magistrate Han step forward quickly, and saluted the demon Taoist they were talking about: "Master Shiguang!" .”

Magistrate Cao: "...!!"

Cao Lianniang: "...!!"

It can be said that they often walk by the river without getting their shoes wet. What's more, their father and daughter are surfing at the beach this time, so it's no wonder they don't get hit by the waves.

·

The court was raised again soon, but this time the presiding officer was replaced by the magistrate Han, and the magistrate Cao stood at the bottom with a disheveled face.

As for Cao Lianniang?She is neither a witness nor a suspect, so she is naturally not qualified to come to the court.

Five other Wei merchants, master and servant, knelt down again in the hall. They were stunned and didn't know what happened. They only knew that the case of the store's family of four had been retried by the new magistrate, and this magistrate looked Looking at his young age, with clear eyes, and hearing that he used to be the magistrate of Zhuo County, the hearts of the five merchants, masters and servants of Wei, merchants, and servants fell, this is a good official!

But Master Han asked the little Taoist priest they thought: "Can the Taoist priest come to a conclusion on this case?"

Lin Ning pointed to Wei Keshang and said, "The four members of their family were drowned by this man."

Merchant Wei: "!!"

Before he could cry out for injustice, Lin Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's just that when they were drowned, they were treated as mice that ate fragrant rice."

Merchant Wei: "!!!"

Prefect Han said in surprise: "Could it be that their family of four is a rat demon?"

Everyone in the hall gasped, "Hey, magistrate, did you say something terrible?"

"No." Lin Ning denied this statement.

Prefect Han pondered: "Then?"

"They are indeed mortals, but they were relocated from Chenghai, and the people in Chenghai often change into many kinds of animals. This time they saw the fragrant rice brought by merchant Wei, and they turned into animals at night. The rats got into the rice ang and ate fragrant rice. Wei Keshang didn't know that they were transformed by a family of four, so he just regarded them as ordinary mice. The mouse drowned. Then his servants threw the dead mouse beside the stable. After a while, the family of four who turned into mice turned back into human form, but they were dead when they died. It can be said that they were Killed himself by doing unrighteousness first." Lin Ning gave such an explanation that sounded absurd, but it was indeed the truth.

The shopkeeper's family of four were not monsters, which Lin Ning knew when he came to stay, so the possibility of them being mouse monsters could be ruled out. They picked up a few grains of fragrant rice next to their corpses, combined with the evidence that the previous merchant drowned the mouse, and his servants threw the mouse over there, the most likely conclusion is the above.

As for how they could turn into mice?Lin Ning guessed that there used to be many monsters living in Chenghai. They intermarried with humans and gave birth to "hybrid children". But they have the blood of monsters, which allows them to transform into animals at will.

It's just that Lin Ning understands it, and everyone except Han Zhifu thinks it is too ridiculous.

Prefect Han can understand it because he knew about the animal-making case in Jiaozhou, and that there is a kind of witchcraft that can turn good people into donkeys or sheep. Besides, he is a man who has experienced the case of Heishan. Heishan and trees can become spirits. , so what if a mere person can turn into an animal.

But others found it hard to accept, and Cao County Magistrate, who still hadn't learned a lot from the pitfalls, jumped out, "This is nonsense, how can people—————"

Magistrate Cao: "!!!"

other people:"!!!"

Magistrate Cao looked down and saw that he had turned into a donkey.No, strictly speaking, his whole body has turned into a donkey, and he is still in public. This is the best proof.

The magistrate Han knew who did it, but he just didn't say anything, and Lin Ning also briefly explained the evil deeds of magistrate Cao in the past. The magistrate Han hated him very much, so Happily, County Magistrate Cao continued to suffer for a while, so he pretended to be stunned and said, "Magistrate Cao is also from Chenghai, or else he would turn into a donkey just by talking?"

Not waiting for the master to reply boldly, the magistrate of Han said again: "Nowadays, there is a case where the county magistrate of Cao blatantly turned into a donkey in the court, and there was another case in Jiaozhou where villains turned innocent people into donkeys or sheep. I believe the Taoist magistrate What you said." Since Merchant Wei didn't know in advance that the mouse was changed by the shop's family of four, and their family had evil thoughts in their hearts, even if they didn't deserve to die, they did it themselves, so the prefect Han thought it over. The merchant Wei was acquitted, and the fragrant rice seized by the county government would naturally be returned to him.

Merchant Wei is very grateful, but I don't know if he will have a psychological shadow on the mouse in the future.

And after County Magistrate Cao turned into a donkey, he still had a human mind. He was very afraid that he would not be able to change back, so he asked for help: "Uh huh huh—"

Magistrate Cao: "..."

The anxious Cao Lianniang who was waiting in the back hall was at a loss: "Why is there a donkey barking?" ’ But I don’t know that the current form of County Magistrate Cao is more suitable for him. After all, County Magistrate Cao has done something that can be said to be utterly unconscionable. Compared with a person, he is more like a beast.No, it's better than a beast.

No matter how much Cao Lianniang gave him advice to help the tyrant, the father and daughter could be said to be working together, and the evidence collected by Lin Ning must also be part of Cao Lianniang. When the time comes, neither of them will be able to escape. , Maybe they can be companions on the way to the underworld.

·

"Tell me, why did you come here?" Lin Ning asked.

At this time, the case of the store's family of four has been closed, and the magistrate Han also took over the criminal evidence that Lin Ning handed over to him, indicating that he will be severely punished.Lin Ning is not worried about this point. Firstly, the prefect of Han’s character is at stake. Besides, Lin Ning had talked to Lu Juan about the magistrate of Xuancheng before, and the magistrate Cao and Cao Lianniang had their ideas on her. The behavior that comes from him is to speed up the process of his fortune being consumed, so it is time for them to punish him.

And the person being questioned by Lin Ning right now is not the other one, but the 'Magistrate Cao'.Strictly speaking, it is the lizard spirit two miles north of Xiaxi Village, and the one who disguised herself as the "Magistrate Cao" was the daughter of the lizard spirit's family, Yi Xiangrong.

At this moment, Yi Xiangrong transformed back into her real body with a hibiscus face, which was better than the Mei Lanniang she transformed into.She was asked by Lin Ning, and she didn't dare to quibble anymore, so she told the truth: "I overheard the conversation between Hou Yu and my father, and knew that you were grateful for their kindness, so I gave them Chongsi rice. The concubine's family is very happy." It's envy. The concubine wanted to serve the Taoist Lord, but only hoped that the Taoist Lord knew that the concubine was determined to reform and give Chongsi rice to help father and mother practice."

Lin Ning: "...the poor don't need anyone to serve them."

Yi Xiangrong tried his best to recommend himself: "If the Taoist Lord doesn't like the original appearance of the concubine, then the Taoist Lord wants to change the concubine into anyone, and the concubine can change it, as long as I let the concubine see her."

Lin Ning: "It seems that you still haven't learned your lesson."

Yi Xiangrong was so frightened that Huarong turned pale, knelt down in the tunnel and said: "I sincerely regret it, and never bothered that Sun Erlang since then, Wanwang Daoist will be clear about it."

"I'm not talking about this," Lin Ning said meaningfully: "I'm talking about the fact that the family of four in the store turned into mice, and were drowned as mice by people who didn't know—who can guarantee that you will change into someone else? Don't you have one or two enemies? In case that enemy treats you as the real person and gives you a deep chill, then you won't have any regret medicine to take."

Yi Xiangrong showed a bitter face and said: "The thing our family is most proficient in is change, and the others are suffering from nowhere to be found. Only then did I follow Daojun to Xuancheng." She said and glanced at Lin Ning, Seeing that Lin Ning did not show any disgust, he boldly continued: "If the Taoist Lord does not need the concubine's service, then the concubine can do some meager things for the Taoist Lord like this time, and I only hope that the Taoist Lord will ignore it." Give the concubine a chance to reform herself."

Lin Ning hit the nail on the head and said, "You saw me in prison, so you chose to show up?"

Yi Xiangrong's face suddenly turned pale, "Concubine, concubine just—"

Just as Lin Ning was about to say something, her heart suddenly moved, she couldn't help frowning, she didn't have time to say anything more to Yi Xiangrong, only her body moved and then disappeared in place.

Yi Xiangrong showed a regretful look, not only did she fail to please Daojun this time, but she made him even more displeased. Thinking of this, Yi Xiangrong became even more distraught, heading home in a daze without knowing where to go After a long time, the cold Lin Ning appeared in front of her again.

"Dao Jun!"

Lin Ning cleared his throat: "I need your help with one thing right now, and I can give you some reassurance after it's done."

Yi Xiangrong was overjoyed: "The Daoist just wants to drive the concubine."

Lin Ning: "...um." It's not easy to talk too much in the future.

So what happened this time?

It turns out that Lin Ning disappeared because she sensed that the jade beads she had given to Liu Siniang, the proprietress of the small teahouse in Jiaozhou, had been broken.Back then when Lin Ning was in Jiaozhou City, seeing Liu Siniang's courage and good conduct, he gave her a jade bead before leaving Jiaozhou City, and said that if she encountered any difficulties, she could just break the jade bead. Ning can feel it no matter how far away it is.In the past few months, there was no movement of the jade beads, but this time the jade beads were broken, Lin Ning ignored Yi Xiangrong, the lizard spirit, and turned directly to Jiaozhou to find Liu Siniang.

Liu Siniang was originally looking for Lin Ning in a nervous mood, but she didn't expect Lin Ning to really come, and he came so fast, so she calmed down and said, "Master Daoist."

Lin Ning: "What happened?"

But Liu Siniang hesitated and said: "I'm not sure."

Lin Ning: "??"

Liu Siniang hurriedly talked about the difficulties she encountered, but it was when she returned to her natal home a month earlier, she heard that a young girl from her natal family had thrown herself into the well. No one in the family can tell.Only Liu Siniang's mother, Liu Mu, is a midwife that can be counted in ten miles and eight towns. Liu Mu went to see the girl who threw herself into the well, and when she turned around, she told Liu Siniang that the girl was pregnant, but you must know that the girl was not married. , and there is no good friend, so how can there be a dark knot?

When the mother and daughter talked about it, they both thought that the girl was probably ruined by thieves.

The mother and daughter could only sigh, but they didn't want to wait for Liu Siniang to come back from her mother's house. Half a month later, in their teahouse, they heard that the daughter of a member of the staff got sick and was sent back to the family temple in her hometown.This kind of rhetoric inevitably made Liu Siniang think too much. After all, women who have lost their virginity or morals are often sent to the nunnery by their families, so Liu Siniang wondered if the daughter of the outsider was also like this. like?After inquiring again, the member's daughter was of good character, and the member's family was strict in education, and they were silent about their daughter, Liu Siniang felt that her original guess had been confirmed.

In addition, I felt that the thief might be the same, after all, her natal family was only thirty miles away from Jiaozhou, and the situation of these two girls was very similar.Liu Siniang sighed at this point: "I know that it's not easy for my daughter's family to be born in this world. There are not many choices when encountering this kind of thing, and I'm alone and weak, and I can't tell the government about it. The concubine only vaguely had such an idea. I thought what if the concubine was wrong? The concubine would roll over and turn around in bed every day, thinking about this all the time. After all, I am not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. So when I think about it, I think of Daojun, Wanwang Daojun does not dislike my concubine's presumptuousness."

Lin Ning shook his head: "You did a good job."

Lin Ning took over this matter, and then thought about it. If there is really a prostitute who fled to Jiaozhou, the options available include leading the snake out of the hole, so Lin Ning thought of someone who is good at changing, and at the same time is a beauty Yi Xiangrong, it was only then that she returned and promised Yi Xiangrong an errand.

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Jiaozhou is not big, and its chief is also called the county magistrate. However, although the county magistrate of Jiaozhou is not very capable, he is not stupid. He belongs to the upper-middle-class local officials. Under his governance, the people of Jiaozhou It can be called living and working in peace and contentment.That being the case, it is normal for other people to seek refuge from other places. A girl came to Jiaozhou city this day.She entered the city on a donkey cart, with some luggage on the cart. This girl was wearing a gauze hat, and she could only vaguely see her cheeks, but looking at her green hands exposed outside, and her skin Sai Xue, she called out. One could not help feeling that she must be a beauty.

The girl was being driven by a donkey cart all the way to the south alley, passing a small teahouse on the way, the proprietress of the small teahouse was the most hospitable, seeing the hot sun, she invited the girl down for a cup of tea.

The girl agreed, and came to the door of the small teahouse, and then took off the gauze hat.But I saw that she was wearing a pink hibiscus embroidered beige, matched with a white long skirt, and only a few blue velvet flowers were simply pinned on her crow-black temples, which made her look more like clouds and green temples, like silk seductive eyes, like Yu Jiaren.The small teahouse was quiet for a moment, and although it became lively again later, many people still looked at it secretly.

In the chat, I learned that the girl's surname is Yi, and she came to Jiaozhou to join her widowed aunt.

After Miss Yi said goodbye, someone in the small teahouse couldn't help saying: "I don't know if Mrs. Yi is married?" It can be seen that Miss Yi is beautiful and lovable.

The donkey cart wandered around for a quarter of an hour, and then came to a house in South Lane. After a while, an old servant woman came to open the door, and after saying a few words, she welcomed Mrs. Yi in. The driver also drove the donkey cart in, and delivered the luggage. Then he drove the donkey cart away.

In less than a day, the neighbors on the South Alley knew that there was such a fairy-like little lady, and there were many customers in the small teahouse, and they couldn't help but sigh with their friends when they turned around. wide.

Another day later, the sun had already set, and a young woman carrying a small bundle knocked on the door of the house where Mrs. Yi entered in panic.The old servant came over to respond, and the young woman said sadly, "This concubine is the daughter-in-law of Zhao Dalang on North Street. I don't want Zhao Dalang to be rough on my concubine after drinking. At first, my concubine tolerated him, and he also confessed to my concubine. How can I think of it in the future?" He repeatedly refused to change, and beat my concubine to bruises all over her body," she began to sob, and there were scars on her exposed wrists, and the old servant woman heard her say again: "I have no choice but to escape, and want to go to Hejian County to join my aunt, Now that the journey is tiring and the sky is getting dark, I don't know if I can let this concubine rest at your house for a day, and I will leave early tomorrow morning."

The old servant hesitated and said, "Let the old lady ask the master."

After a while, the old servant turned around and said, "Madam takes pity on what happened to you, and is willing to take you in for a night."

The young woman laughed through her tears: "Thank you."

Later, he followed the old servant into the door, and after visiting the master's house, he was stayed in the guest room for the night.He also said that the young woman looked to be in her early twenties, tall and tall, although she was a little thin, she was graceful, she spoke softly, and her temperament was very gentle. After the old servant woman led her to the guest room, She didn't need the old maid to serve her, so she cleaned up diligently by herself, which made the old maid feel more sympathetic to her, and brought her a bowl of porridge and a stack of side dishes from the kitchen. The young woman thanked the old maid sincerely.

Then the old servant went back to wait on the master's house, and Mrs. Yi was also with her aunt in the master's house. Soon it was getting darker, and several of them rested one after another. In a blink of an eye, it was Haishi (ten o'clock), and in the darkness, there were A figure jumped in from outside the wall.

Looking at the silhouette, he looked like a man. He groped into the courtyard, and soon entered the guest room, but he heard a rustle in the guest room, followed by a man's rough and painful cry: "Ah! -"

This howling sound was comparable to the sound of killing a pig, and I don't know how many birds were startled.